Dear Professionals, INMAS will be organizing a five days training workshop during 4-8 August 2014. The theme of this training workshop is “Innovative and Emerging Technologies for Library professionals”. Topics that shall be covered include: • Digital Library Development • Digital Resources -Enhancing User Experience, Technologies and Critical Issues • Electronic Publishing • Ethics and professionalism in library and information services • Impact of Copyright and IPR on the Free Flow of Knowledge • New trends, techniques, and innovations in preservation and conservation *Resource Persons*: The following distinguished LIS Professionals are going to share their wisdom through presentations during the Workshop: 1. Dr. Abdul Majid Baba (Librarian, University of Kashmir) *2. * *Dr. AL Moorthy (Former Director, DESIDOC) * 3. Mrs. Anju Gupta (Librarian, Central State Library, Chandigarh) 4. Prof. ARD Prasad (Director, DRTC) 5. Dr. Ashu Shokeen (President, ILA) 6. Dr. Badan Burman (Founder, LIS Links, Guwahati) *7. * Dr. Gayas Makhdumi *(**University Librarian, JMI)* 8. *Dr. HK Kaul (Director DELNET)* 9. Prof. HR Chopra (Former Head, DLIS, PU Chandigarh) 10. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed (Deputy University Librarian, Raipur) 11. Dr. Jagdish Arora (Director, INFLIBNET) 12. Dr. K Bhanumurthy (Head, SIRD, BARC) 13. *Dr. Narendra Kumar (*Librarian, IIT Delhi) 14. Dr. PK Jain (Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth) 15. Sh. Parveen Khurana (Director, American Corner, Chandigarh) 16. Dr. Raj Kumar (University Librarian, Panjab University Library) 17. Dr. Ramesh C Gaur (*University Librarian, JNU)* 18. Dr. Sangeeta Kaul (Network Manager, DELNET) 19. Prof. Sangita Gupta (Head, DLIS, Jammu University) 20. Prof. Shalini Urs (Director, ISIN, Mysore) 21. Sh. SK Jindal (Director, DESIDOC) 22. Prof. (Mrs.) SP Singh (Dept of LIS, University of Delhi) 23. Dr. Suresh Chand Jindal (University Librarian, University of Delhi) 24. Prof. Uma Kanjlal (IGNOU) 25. Sh. Yogender Singh (Librarian, IIT Roorkee) 26. *and more surprises …*. Training mode: Interactive lectures to exchange ideas and share research findings & working experiences, Hands on sessions/Demonstration and Site Visits Who can participate: Working Library Professionals, LIS Students and Researchers in LIS field. Registration: On first come first served mode. Last date for registration: 31/07/2014 Participation Fees: DRDO Participants- Free Non-DRDO participants- Rs 4000 (Cost to cost basis). Website: http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/INMAS/website/broucher.pdf Registration will be confirmed only after the receipt of the prescribed fee. All communications will be through e-mail only. For further details kindly email to---- vijinmas@gmail.com Thanking you, Yours faithfully Dr. Badan Barman, Assistant Librarian, Central Library, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Patgaon, Rani Gate, Guwahati-781017, Assam, India *.* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.